Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday said 98 per cent of the caste survey undertaken by the state government has been completed.

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Terming the survey as a “mega health check” for Telangana society, the chief minister said the data collected would enable the ruling Congress to ensure “better representation” of the Kuruma community in panchayats, as well as in the next Assembly and Lok. Sabha elections, proportional to their population.

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He was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Doddi Komuraiah Kuruma Bhavan’ here.

The Telangana government’s socio-economic, political, employment and caste survey, which was an election promise of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, began on November 6.

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Amid criticism from BRS over unveiling a new design for ‘Telangana Thalli’ (Mother Telangana), distinct from the one used by the regional party, Reddy defended the Congress-led government’s design.

He said it symbolizes a “typical mother” carrying the crops grown in Telangana, like paddy, maize and jowar, in one hand, while the other blesses the people.

Moreover, at the ‘Global Madiga Day-2024’ event, Revanth Reddy assured that the Congress government would do everything possible to ‘ensure justice’ for the Madiga community.

He said the government had formed a committee, headed by Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, to look into the sub-classification of SCs.

He added that the Congress government has appointed members of the Madiga community to senior positions in universities and other institutions.